Top 10 Arcade Games of All Time
Let’s face it, you can’t go to the seaside without hitting the arcades whilst you are there! From retro arcade games to more recent releases, we love them all! Of course some are better than others and when you don’t have much pocket change to spare, you will no doubt want to play the best of the best. For a list of the top ten arcade games to look out for just keep reading;
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
It was obvious this beauty would make it onto the list. It’s a game which has becomeso popular that national and international tournaments are regularly held to crown players champion of the 2D beat ‘em up world! The game is a lot like other Street Fighters but with a twist. You can only use one super art move per match, giving the game an edge which no other Street Fighter has. With a mixture of drum and bass music, smooth 2D visuals and unusual Street Fighter characters mixed in with the classics, it’s easily one of the best fighting games of all time!
Time Crisis 2
Namco’s rail shooter popularized the genre and is ultimately the daddy of all rail shooters out there. It paved the way for co-operatively played rail shooters and was fuelled with adrenaline throughout its entirety. If ever there was a shooter you needed to look out for, this is it!
X-Men
Just how many other arcade games out there will allow you to play through a game with five other friends! X-Men is an extremely fun game which lets you play as any of your favourite X-Men characters and has that old retro feel to it which we all love.
Pacman
It doesn’t matter how old it gets, this game will always be one of the best! It’s a simple concept of dodging the ghosts to collect the little white dots, yet it’s probably more challenging than any game released on the Xbox 360! It would be a crime not to include Pacman in this list.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Whether it’s the old Sega Mega Drive games or the new ones, if you see this speedy blue hedgehog in an arcade you better get yourself to that machine! Being Sega’s mascot and influencing the platforms games of today, Sonic is easily one of the greatest video gaming characters of all time! Without Sonic, video gaming just wouldn’t be the same.
Metal Slug
Before there was Call of Duty, there was Metal Slug! A game which is very much like Gunstar Heroes but with a much darker edge to it. It might not have the best graphics in the world, or bring war to life, but it does have awesome music combined with explosions pretty much everywhere! Imagine a 2D Commando and you’ll pretty much have the exact interpretation of what Metal Slug is.Final Fight
Take Guy from the Street Fighter Alpha series, put him in a side scrolling game which is very much like Streets of Rage and you have yourself Final Fight! With its big chunky animated graphics and fantastic 32bit music, you can’t help but fall in love with this game.
King of Fighters ‘94
You can’t have a top ten list without mentioning one of the best fighters of all time! The King of Fighters franchise has been around for many years now and it was King of Fighters that combined Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury together into one big fighting frenzy. Of course all of the King of Fighters games deserve a play, but the reason I mention ’94 is because it’s the originator of the series!
Alien Vs Predator (Capcom edition)
I was compelled to add this into the list as it is so much fun! We’ve all seen these dancing games in action and although they are not to everyone’s taste for fear of feeling humiliated, you can guarantee a good time playing this game on Vs mode! Whether it’s Dance Dance Revolution or Dance Dance Revolution X, they are all just as fun as each other, so I urge you to break out of that shell and give them a go!
This is a guest post by Simon Parry. Simon is a writer for Liberty Games, retro arcade machines specialist.
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Links, Fun & Games
To follow the proceedings of Digital Book World 2012, the hashtag #dbw12 is a mix of reaction and reporting. Alas, my reporting ended after lunch, as I had to take a break from the conference and go home. I am not sure if I'll be back tomorrow, but the hashtag is full of folks reporting from the different panels.
One highlight today; a full hour in the morning of the opening day devoted to lessons learned from romance ebook publishing, featuring Julie Cummings from AllRomance, Raelene Gorlinsky from Ellora's Cave, Liate Stehlik and Angela James from Carina Press.
The panelists discussed DRM, pricing, and the ways in which digital publishing has created a more adept and flexible publishing model that's better positioned to treat readers as customers and to take charge of their own customer service relationships. Two years ago, romance was part of an afternoon session – this year it was among the first sessions on the main stage. Most excellent.
From Ruth: here's a review from a reader at Amazon that takes into account many, many grammatical errors in a Carole Mortimer book published by Mills & Boon:
The story is 180 pages long. At 250 words per page, that is a total of 45,000 words which can be roughly broken down to 6,400 sentences. Out of these 6.400 sentences there are 178 sentences that end with ellipses (…); 121 sentences that end with ellipses followed by a question mark (…?); 93 sentences that end with a dash (-); 26 that end in an ellipsis followed by an exclamation mark (…!); 11 that end with a dash followed by a question mark (-?); 9 that end with an exclamation mark followed by a dash (!-) and 2 that end with dash followed by an exclamation mark (-!).
Whoa.
Sporcle quizzes are a quiet obsession of Hubby's, but I think this is the first one I've done better on than he has! Sporcle has a new quiz all about Harlequin romance heroes.
I got all of them with 4:11 seconds left. What's your score and time?
Thanks to Matt and Catherine both for the link!
Paul Bogaards' Tumblr post about the hierarchy of book publishing received a lot of Twitter traffic – and thank you to the many folks who pointed out that Smart Bitches is #53. As Secret Agent Dan said, “You're above the Pulitzer!” Which made me laugh – that's hilariously cool. Thanks, Mr. Bogaards.
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Three Tips for Being Better at Video Games
Want to get better at online video games but not sure where to start? Here’s a few tips on how to become a better gamer.
Make a thorough assessment of your computer/internet.
Firstly, you need to take stock of your computer and internet situation. Playing online games requires you to have a clean running internet connection, that is stable. Short disconnects and lag spikes happening at the wrong time during a game can cause game changing moments resulting in a loss. More losses equals lower rating. Lower rating means you play with and against worse players, and do not improve as quickly.
Making sure you have a good ping speed is part of the solution. It’s also important that your computer is running well. Make sure antivirus scans will not start mid game. Ensure your computer is free of spyware and malware, and anything that will slow it down. Be sure to stop your torrent software during a game, or at the very least cap the download and upload speed to around half your bandwidth to allow plenty of bandwidth for game information to be transferred.
Finally, check your peripherals. You keyboard and mouse should be working flawlessly. An impediment in keys or buttons that causes you to react an extra 10% slower is unacceptable. Imagine a runner showing up to a race with an injury making him 10% slower. They would no longer be competitive, and better off not running at all.
Therefore, any limiting factors with your computer and internet need to be addressed before we can make any other improvements to our gaming.
Your mindset and strategy.
Understand what factors make you win and lose. Try to improve the weakest aspect of your game. Part of being a great gamer, it to have won the game before it begins. We do this by entering the game with a strategy that makes it impossible for the opponent to beat us. Following this we need a mechanism of winning the game. Depending on the rules of the game, this may just mean obtaining an early edge, and then holding on to this edge all game by never exposing any weakness.
Playing games while hungry, fatigued or under the influence of drugs and alcohol will make you play worse on that game. This will also be detrimental to the development of your skills.
Play more
It takes thousands of matches to reach the highest levels or competitive gaming. Mechanics of a game are often complex and there are many small advantages that can be exploited to gain a winning edge. Experienced and good players know what the positional advantages in their game are, and aim to secure the winning position as quickly as possible. Playing more against good players will also give you insight into how opponents think and react. Be sure to observe patterns in their behaviour under certain conditions that you can exploit to win.
Follow these basic 3 things and you too, can improve your gaming to the next level.
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